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TABLE 5.1 Regional Distribution of Population Subject to Coastal Flooding in 2080 along
Alternative SRES Scenarios.
NOTE: Population estimates by region assume proportional population growth within coastal regions. Source:
Nicholls (2004) as displayed in Nicholls et al. (2007: Table 6.5).
FIGURE 5.3 Estimates of people flooded in coastal areas attributable to sea level rise along alternative SRES
scenarios. Estimates of the number of additional people in jeopardy from coastal flooding along alternative
SRES development scenarios for three gross categories of adaptation intensities are displayed. Constant
protection envisions maintaining current practices, evolving protection envisions increasing protection as
local economies grow to preserve the current pattern with respect to national GDP, and enhanced protec-
tion envisions accelerating the pace of adaptation so that increasing resources are devoted to protection.
Source: Nicholls et al. (2007: Figure 6.8) derived from Nicholls and Tol (2006).